Anserlog’s system allows the produce temperature and its exact geo-location during transport to be known in real time
Anserlog’s 24 hour Warning system informs customers when the product is outside the suitable temperature range, as well as any changes on the route or intrusion in the loading space. And all of this with a small disposable device that is placed in the boxes and containers. Many reference fruit and vegetable companies in the sector, such as SanLucar, Unica Group or Vicasol, already place their trust in these services and more and more companies are joining them to monitor their shipments by sea, since the transit time is longer and therefore, the demands regarding temperature control increase.
“To date we have implemented 4 stages of service and we are already working on the planning of a fifth one”, the manager of the company, Alberto López states. These are: customer warning service (temperature and intrusion); creation of an customized tool to control large volumes called Control Tower; data integration onto the company’s traceability system; and individualized analysis and consultancy with recommendations to improve the logistics of the shipments. The last stage, still under development, consists of the creation of a mathematical model that will allow any possible losses/decreases in product to be predicted, depending on the chosen means of transport, the time of year and the destination. “The idea is to have it ready for the middle of 2019 and to do this we are working alongside an EU organism within the Horizon 2020 framework”.
In the last campaign alone the company from Almeria has monitored around 20,000 shipments and the efficiency of its services has meant that, in spite of its short life (it was established in 2016), it is operating worldwide with some of the most prestigious companies in the world. One of its latest milestones is the signing of an agreement with Anecoop to control 100% of its shipments by sea in 2017/18, which led them to present their success story at Coologistics Global at the end of September. To this is added the great leap they have made in sea transport: since June almost 80% of their services have been used on shipments by sea. Now the vegetable market has been conquered, it is the turn of stone fruit (one of its customers is Frutaria, for example), and now they are working on tropical fruit.
In 2017/18 they will control 100% of Anecoop’s shipments by sea
